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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?
(a) He and his family would eat them.
(b) He gave them to O'Connor.
(c) He would sell them at festivals.
(d) He would give them to needy children as gifts.

2. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) Vague concepts.
(b) Reality.
(c) The subconscious.
(d) History.

3. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?
(a) Silence.
(b) Gasp.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Tears.

4. Where was Faulkner at home?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Oxford.
(d) New York.

5. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?
(a) Religious.
(b) Sappy.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Simplistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say that most people interested in writing are not interested in?

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?

3. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?

4. Granville Hicks reviewed a novel by whom?

5. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?

(see the answer key)

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